Georgia Abkhaz Radio, Sukhumi noted June 13 opening at new 0245 UTC, under Radio Exterior de Espana, on 9535 parallel to 9495. Closed at 0300, 9495 continued till 0530. 9495 also observed at 1100-1125 and 1400-1600. Own programs except Radio Rossii relay 0500-0530 and 1435-1600.

On July 22 I heard them at 1500-1700 on 9495 with Radio Rossii Dubl 4 and 1700-1715 with own news programme in Abkhaz and Russian, a repeat of the 1100 news. (Rumen Pankov, Bulgaria, BDXC-UK Communication)(Mike Barraclough, UK/worlddxclub/Contact-Aug 09)

Aussie's Radio Symban heard on 2368 kHzAustralia, 2368.50, Radio Symban (presumed), 1253-1337, July 30. Best reception after my local sunrise, which was about 1311. Heard their Greek style music and singing. When I got home from the beach I immediately checked their website for audio, to see if it was the same type of music and singing I had just heard and it was, that I cannot confirm that it was parallel. Was unable to hear any announcements (maybe they didn’t have any?), only heard music and songs. Had tuned in earlier at 1204, to find the signal mostly below threshold level, but even then I could briefly make out some singing. David Sharp today measured this at 2368.486 (Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA)

very nice catch, Ron ! - GVH

Response from Radio Symban (2368.50 kHz)Hi Ron,Thank you very much for your email. We are extremely delighted by your report and comments and we must admit we are very urprised that our signal was heard in your part of the world considering we are in test mode for a few days and are only transmitting at 50 Watts. There is nothing else attached to the system as yet, which causes us to strongly believe that our new aerial and when our new transmitter is connected soon to replace the 50 Watt, we expect big things. Please stay tuned as there is big changes due to Radio Symban, we are sure you will know when this happens. Again many thanks and we look forward in hearing from you. Enjoy...Regards,Angelo(Radio Symban - Sydney Australia)(via Ron Howard, Asilomar Beach, CA, July 30)

Bhutan BS running on low powerBhutan Broadcasting Service on 6035 is running on low power using the old transmitter as the new transmitter was giving some problem and is currently off air.Weak signals noted this morning. (Alokesh Gupta, New Delhi)

Bolivian monitoring6134.80, Radio Santa Cruz, 2255-2310. Not much of a signal yet as the band is just getting started here in Florida. Noted a male in Spanish comments which was very weak. Other stuff also on the frequency mixing in. On the hour, heard music for a few minutes. Signal was threshold. (Chuck Bolland,FL)

5952.40, Emisora Pio XII, 2314-2330.At tune in,noted a male and female in Spanish language conversation. Lot's of splatter from WYFR on 5950, but Emisora Pio XII still has good audio. At 2323 somekind of promos being presented between a male and female. It seemed to be live. Noted music at 2326. Signal remained fair during theperiod. (Chuck Bolland,FL)

3309.98 Radio Mosoj Chaski, Cochabamba 0930 to 1030 UT noted every day in Florida.(Chuck Bolland, FL/BCDX-9200

4716.62 Radio Yura, Yura noted 1000 to 1100 fade with weak signal.

4781.73 Radio Tacana, Tumupasa. 2330 to 0000 with weak signal, some audio.

China monitoringChina, 5030.00, China National Radio One, 1030-1045, Noted a male and female in Chinese Language comments. Signal was threshold during the period, but checked 6175 KHz and noted parallel program, so this helped pull out the signal on 5030 KHz. Was hoping to hear Malaysia here, but that never happened. China was fair by 1045. (Chuck Bolland, July 30, 2009)

China, 6175, China National Radio One, 1040-1050 With steady Chinese language comments from a male and female. Much of this sounds like news with break aways to other individuals who comment. Signal here was fair and mixing with a Portuguese language station which turned out to be WYFR which went off the air at 1045. Much better, since China is in the clear now with a good signal. (Chuck Bolland, July 30, 2009)

China, 6150, China National Radio One, 1047-1055 Thought I'd check this freq to see what China was doing here? Noted a parallel signal with 6175 KHz here. CNR1 was the dominate station on this freq, but a second station underneath is heard, which probably is Taiwan? CNR1 is definitely doing its' job if they are here to block Taiwan. (Chuck Bolland, July 30, 2009)

Chinese Firedrake jammerChinese Firedrake against Taiwanese Sound of Hope. 14420 at 1425 UT on July 2nd.13970 and 15150 kHz at 1330 UT, July 3rd.13970 and 14420 kHz at 1410 UT, July 4, signal S=5-6 in Europe.(wb, wwdxc BC-DX TopNews July 2/4/BC-DX 920)

CBC World Report gets new anchorLast Updated: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:11 PM ETCBC NewsPeter Armstrong is to host World Report on CBC Radio One and Mark Kelley will host a news talk show on CBC Newsworld, CBC announced Thursday. CBC is reshaping its news programming and reassigning journalists as part of a news renewal initiative. The changes take effect this fall.Armstrong, who is returning to Toronto from a posting in Jerusalem, will be the new host of morning radio news program World Report, heard across the country. Armstrong has worked for CBC from Quebec City, Saint John, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. Kelley will host a news talk show centred on breaking news events, from 7 to 9 p.m. ET, on the all-news channel CBC Newsworld. He has been a correspondent for The National and was formerly an anchor on CBC News: Morningand Disclosure.http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/story/2009/07/30/cbc-journalists.html?ref=rss&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r5:c0.0743895:b26833390(Fred Waterer/ODXA)

TWR Malawi committed to relay stationPer communications just received from James Burnett, Regional Engineer at Trans World Radio Africa, their TWR Malawi partner has committed to getting the Malawi shortwave relay station on the air by the end of the year.(Brandon Jordan, Cumbre DX)

Radio Progresso and Jerry TolleReading recently about the closing of Radio Progreso after the military coup in Honduras,and the late Jerry Tolle who signed its veries, reminded me of my QSL from that station.Since QSLs sometimes take months or years, and since I expected to be moving occasionally while my parents were settled in their home, I used their address for many foreign reception reports. A March 1971 report for 4920 soon brought a long personal letter, with details about the station and its equipment, from Jerry E. Tolle, Gerente. The letter was in Spanish so I suspected he might be a native Honduran, although the language might have been the result of my reporting in Spanish. I was very surprised a short time later when my parents were visited by Jerry’s parents. They said he had grown up near my parents’ Kansas City, Kansas, home (I think it was next door, but it may have been a few houses away). In those days there were a number of Hondurans on SW, and a few were good verifiers, but Radio Progreso is the one I’ll always remember. (Wendel Craighead, KS)

Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands Worldwide's English Service - a list of the new programmes coming up on Radio Netherlands Worldwide this week, beginning on Saturday.SATURDAY 1 August*** The State We're In ***

This week, a special edition of The State We're In: the right to bike. We compare life in the bike lane in two cities - San Francisco and Amsterdam. We also hear from a man for whom having a bike is a matter of life and death - he's a bicycle ambulance driver for his village in Uganda. And we talk to a committed cyclist in Manhattan who lost twenty bikes to thieves and reached a point where he became an unwitting bike thief himself.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):1000 Africa and Asia1200 North America1535 Europe2200 Asia, North America, Safm2300 Europe

*** Network Europe Week ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):0300 North America1200 North America1500 Europe

SUNDAY 2 August*** Radio Books (primary programme) ***

'The Distance' - by Jeroen Theunissen

Belgian poet and novelist Jereon Theunissen was born and lives in Ghent. His story 'The Distance' is about homelessness - but not the sort we usually think about. A Canadian man takes a job with a mining company in a remote part of the world. He is oblivious to local protests, understands little of the local language and sets off on a vacation which could change his perspective.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):0430 North America1030 Africa and Asia1230 North America1700 Europe2230 Asia, North America, Safm

MONDAY 3 August *** Curious Orange (primary programme) ***

This week on Curious Orange... it's the third and final part in our series celebrating the 400-year relationship between the Netherlands and New York.

We'll hear about Peter Stuyvesant - the 'Duke of New Amsterdam' with the silver peg leg and imposing profile. Producer David Swatling will tell us how the autocratic leader made some enemies in the struggling colony, but also brought it to its most illustrious period before losing it all to the English.

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):1700 Europe2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):1500 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 75301900 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

*** Euro Hit 40 ***

Europe's No.1 chart Show.

*** Classic Dox ***

Classic Dox presents the best of Radio Netherlands Worldwide documentaries from our archives on subjects ranging from human rights and development to arts, culture and history - as well as insightful or moving personal stories - many of which have won awards at international festivals.'Verbal Fireworks' (originally broadcast 26-06-2005)

Alix Olson is an award-winning spoken word performance artist/activist whom a conservative women's organisation put on their list of the Top Ten Dangerous Women in America. Olson also introduced slam poetry to Europe at Rotterdam's Poetry International in 2000.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):0400 North America, Africa, Asia1200 North America

*** European Jazz Stage/ World Music ***

The stage is cleared for a lot of European jazz talent. The finalists of the 2007 European Jazz Competition for under-30s were British group Empirical, and ensembles from France, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands. You can hear them all. You want to know who won? Then you've got to listen to the show!

All of that, on the European Jazz Stage with Daniel Frankl.

*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***

Phenomenal performances by Dutch top orchestras.

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2007

'A tried and tested method to organise sound', is one description of the passacaglia. A ceaselessly repeated theme provides structure to varying melody lines. Live! at the Concertgebouw presents passacaglias by Rudolf Escher and Anton Webern. There's also a composition by the conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, George Benjamin, called Palimpsests.The programme is hosted by Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2008

With three orchestral pieces by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, Live! at the Concertgebouw is trying to get away from the cliché image of Finland, the land of a thousand lakes and never-ending forests. Vladímir Ashkenazy talks to programme host Hans Haffmans, and conducts the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.

TUESDAY 4 August*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.Broadcast times on SW (UTC):1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 58251900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 155352040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):1500 Europe2200 Asia, North America

*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***

This week, a special edition of The State We're In: the right to bike. We compare life in the bike lane in two cities - San Francisco and Amsterdam. We also hear from a man for whom having a bike is a matter of life and death - he's a bicycle ambulance driver for his village in Uganda. And we talk to a committed cyclist in Manhattan who lost twenty bikes to thieves and reached a point where he became an unwitting bike thief himself.

Heirloom gastronomy. Find out what happened to the purple carrots and tartan turnips of our past as we take a look at forgotten vegetables. Also on the show, we'll be uncovering the toxic roads of Europe, and a guest talks of uncovering in cold places as we meet the arctic eco-swimmer.

Media Broadcast (former T-Systems) operates transmitters in Germany leased by shortwave stations, clandestines, and independent stations throughout the world. Located in northwest Germany, MB, is recognized as one of the leading transmission sites in Europe.(World QSL Book)

Studios located at Taguatinga (Brasilia)Xmtter Site located at Anapolis-GO

This station was formerly Radio Carajas, later got to be Radio Voz do Coracao Imaculado, and after a period of inactivity was purchased by Fundacao Nossa Senhora Aparecida, an institution of the Catholic Church, which is reactivating it as Radio Maria.Horacio A. NigroMontevideoUruguay(DXplorer June 29/BC-DX #920 via wb, Germany)

4885 Radio Maria. At the time of observation, catholic preaching, musical break and phone-ins w/ listeners' prayers to Our Lady [yes, maybe a phone nr.]. (...): not Radio Difa Acreana nor Radio Club do Para, but tests from a new station owned by the Our Lady of Aparecida Foundation; tx site at Anapolis GO, day time power 1 kW/night time power [says 212 kW which is a mistake, so most probably 212 watt or then 0.12 kW if there was some typing mistake],ANATEL registered call sign ZYF 692, name "Radio Voz do Coracao da Imaculada."

Radio Voz do Coracao Imaculado, ex-Radio Carajas, was inactive and was sold four years ago to the Our Lady of Aparecida Foundation which is reactivating this channel under the new name "Radio Maria", so new ownership, new station albeit using the rig and site of the original station.(BC-DX #920)

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Spotsylvania, Virginia, July 28, 2009 - During a routine maintenance and resupply trip this week, the Radio Peace technical team plans to fine tune both of the transmitters which carry Christian broadcasts to tens of thousands of people in South Sudan, southern Darfur, the Nuba Mountains and North Sudan. In the process, engineer Livingstone Kiniaru will change the frequency of the 4750 kHz shortwave transmitter to 4740 kHz to avoid an interference problem that has been created by another broadcaster in the neighboring country of Uganda. This rather simple adjustment will allow the Radio Peace programs to be heard clearly in five languages once again across its coverage area in South Sudan and southern Darfur. Pray that this technical procedure will be successful and that both Livingstone and mechanic Sam Sele will have safe travel to and from Radio Peace this week. Also, pray for our transmitter operators and security crew who live at the broadcast facility in South Sudan.(Global Endeavor/ http://www.globalendeavor.com/)

Empowering the new transmitters and opening the digital archives in the national radio will takes place this morning.

Wednesday, 29 July 2009 07:50Empowering the new transmission equipments and opening of the new digital Archives at the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation will be taken place under the patronage of Minsiter Anura Priyadarshana Yapa this morning. SLBC has increased its broadcasting capacity by fixing 6 new transmission machines in the Colombo premises. Main Engineer of the SLBC Wimal Priyadarshana says this heighten the listening quality of national radio. New digital archives has also been set up in order to conserve old and important tapes and records of the national radio. SLBC archives is the leading electronic media archives in the Asian Region.

Meanwhile SLBC Chairman Hudson Samarasinghe says media can achieve an enormous task in enhancing relationship between the Sinhalese and Tamil communities. National radio has started several projects in order to achieve this responsibility. MR.Samarasinghe revealed these facts at a media briefing held Colombo to introduce the latest radio drama series produced by Young Asia Television Company. These dramas will be broadcast on Wednesdays and Fridays both Sinhala and Tamil National Services. He further said that measures have been taken to increase quality of broadcast by fixing modern equipments. The national radio will give priority to enhance relationship among the ethnic communities.(SLBC Press Release)Alokesh GuptaNew Delhi, India

As regular readers of this blog know, the performance and accessibility have been impaired by technical problems that have affected the RNW websites. Today our webmaster told me that on Wednesday 29 July they will place the RNW blogs into a separate database, which hopefully will not be affected by the ongoing website problems. So I am cautiously optimistic that we will see an improvement in performance. Once again, thank you for your patience.(Andy Sennitt/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

This edition of shortwave BLOG LOGS, represents a portion of logs recently cut from my Broadcast Logs column in Monitoring Times magazine at www.monitoringtimes.com/, due to space constraints. Contributions are always welcome for the magazine or blog, and may be directed to the above email address in the masthead. Thanks very much to the contributors and blog readers for your kind words and continued support.Gayle Van Horn

China Firedrake (non-stop Chinese music jamming). Scan from 7100-1900, 1220-1240 + 1320 + 1409. Noted on 8400 // 9000 both with good signals. During the gap at 1400,* observed 8400 kept their transmitter on, while 9000 was off the air. Frequency 8400 came back on at 1404, while 9000 kHz signed off at 1405 (Howard).

FranceRadio France International 15605, 1750. Program of pop vocal music tunes with an SIO of 453 (Fraser).

GermanyCroatian Radio/Voice of Croatia 9925, 2215-2225. Croatian news to 2220, followed by international newscast, ID, sports roundup and weather update. Next feature on sardines and anchovie cuisine (Frodge).

IndiaAll India Radio-Bengaluru, National Channel 9425, 1431-1500. English news buttetin to National Channel identification with frequencies. Program Vivdha interviewing a professor concerning urban planning and management. The Monday, Wednesday and Friday schedule continues for this program (Howard).

MaliRTV du Mali 5995, 0730-0745. “Ici Radio Mali” in French at 0730 then into newscast. Presumed commentary or editorial, sprinkled with “Radio Mali” IDs for poor signal quality (Barker).

New ZealandRadio New Zealand International 6170, 0800-0835. Time signal pips to station ID and five minute newscast. Music from the Pacific program with island music. Great early morning listening (Barker).

RussiaRadio Rossii via Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka 5920, 1242-1300.* Pop Russian and English music tunes. Station ID and time pips, carrier off at 1302. Fair audio with moderate warble. Signal // to 5940 Magadan (fair) 7200 via Yakutsk (weak) and 7320 via Magadan (weak). Audio was fine on the other frequencies, 7200 is the only one continuing past 1300 (scheduled for 1500 sign-off (Howard).

Geomagnetic field activity was at mostly quiet levels during 20 - 21 July. Activity increased to major storm levels from 0300 - 1200 UTC on 22 July. Activity decreased to quiet to unsettled levels for the remainder of the day and continuing through 25 July. Activity decreased to quiet levels at all latitudes on 26 July. ACE solar wind measurements indicated the storm conditions on 22 July were associated with the onset of a coronal hole high-speed wind stream.Solar wind velocities began to gradually increase early on 22 July and eventually reached a maximum of 601 km/sec at 24/0158 UTC. Velocities gradually decreased during the rest of the period.Interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) changes associated with the onset of the high-speed stream included an increase in IMF Bt (peak 18 nT at 22/0533 UTC) and a sustained period of southward IMF Bz (minimum -18 nT at 22/0703 UTC).

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity29 July - 24 August 2009

Solar activity is expected to be very low.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at high levels during 21 - 22 August. Normal to moderate flux levels are expected during the rest of the period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during 29 July - 04 August. Quiet levels, with isolated unsettled periods, are expected during 05-06 August due to a recurrent coronal hole. Activity is expected to decrease to quiet levels during 07 - 08 August. Activity is expected to increase to unsettled levels during 09 - 10 August, again due to recurrence. A decrease to quiet levels is expected during 11 - 17 August. A subsequent increase to activeto minor storm levels is expected on 18 August due to another recurrent coronal hole high-speed stream. Activity is expected to decrease to unsettled levels on 19 August followed by a furtherdecrease to quiet levels during the rest of the period.

The website of the BBC Russian service – bbcrussian.com – launched an archive of significant historical radio programs from the past 45 years today. Among the voices featured in the audio archive are Alexander Kerensky, Prime Minister during the 1917 Russian Revolution; Nobel Laureates for Literature Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Joseph Brodsky; one of Russia’s great poets Anna Akhmatova; and Stalin’s daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva.It also features former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and former Beatle Paul McCartney – both of whom took part in live phone-ins with audiences in the USSR in the Eighties.The archive – which can be accessed through the radio page on bbcrussian.com – brings together more than 50 hours of audio from nearly half a century. It is divided into sections on Culture, Society, Britain, History and Music.The oldest recording in the archive is BBC Russian’s coverage of the funeral of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965. First recorded in 1982, author Alexander Solzhenitsyn reads his seminal work One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich. More recently, there are archive recordings of Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist who was murdered in 2006 in Moscow. There are also many recordings of the BBC Russian commentator Anatoly Goldberg who, for many generations of listeners in the Soviet Union, was a household name.Among the programmes, clips and speeches are old editions of iconic programmes like Sevaoborot – featuring legendary broadcaster Seva Novgorodsev – Citizen Of The World, and London A-Z.Sarah Gibson, Head of BBC Russian, says: “The Russian service continues to take pride in the range of topical voices it puts on air. This archive will allow a new generation to hear some of the pivotal events and people which have appeared on the BBC in Russian, many of whom have had a profound impact on Russian life over the last century.”Now that the vintage programmes have been digitised, BBC Russian plans to donate the original tapes of its historical archive to the Hoover Institution in the United States.(Source: BBC World Service International Publicity/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Internet broadband has become a reality in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda for the first time after one of the four awaited undersea cables was finally switched on today. The Seacom cable went live simultaneously in the four countries in addition to South Africa, and the Kenya portion of the cable was immediately connected to five Internet service providers. However, Seacom officials declined to name the ISPs because their customer contracts barred them from revealing such information.Seacom, a privately-funded consortium, laid the cable at a cost of US$865m. It is due to be connected to Rwanda in two weeks. The commissioning was marked with a live telecast by Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete in Dar es Salaam with the media in Kampala, Maputo, Johannesburg, London and Marseilles. “The arrival of this cable signals the beginning of a new era in the telecommunications sector,” said Mr Kikwete. “History has been made.”Cisco Systems vice-president Le Roux, whose firm provided the technology for the cable, said: “Today is the day technology has arrived in Africa.” Seacom announced that it would offer wholesale prices in the range of $100 per Megabyte, with even more subsidised costs of between $10-$25 to schools, and research and health institutions.“I can emphatically state that broadband will change the connectivity and economy of Africa,” said Seacom president Brian Herlihy in a live feed from the Tanzanian capital.(Source: Daily Nation/R Netherlands Media Network)

Algeria’s government has decided to break with the 33-year-old practice of observing the weekend on Thursdays and Fridays. The cabinet has ruled that starting from next month the official weekend will be moved to Friday and Saturday, in line with the practice in many Middle Eastern states.Investors complain that having the weekend on Thursdays and Fridays, with Saturdays and Sundays as working days, meant they only had three days a week to conduct business with partners outside Algeria. The practice had been costing Algeria between $500 and $700 million in lost business each year, according to estimates from business lobby groups.Saudi Arabia and Yemen also mark the weekend on Thursday and Friday. Kuwait switched to a Friday-Saturday weekend two years ago as part of efforts to promote its non-oil economy.“It’s a very good move,” said one Algerian businessman who works with foreign companies. “If they moved it to Saturday and Sunday it would be even better,” said the businessman, who did not want to be named.(Source: Reuters/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

This will likely effect the following Radio Algerienne shortwave schedule, posted 22 July 2009. Monitoring observations are welcomed from blog readers.

The number of German online radio stations has sharply risen in the past few years. By April 2009, there were 1,914 online radio stations. By the end of 2009, the number will increase to approximately 2,200 – a five-fold increase in stations since 2006, when there were around 450).Nearly four fifths of German online radio stations are available only on the Internet. The others are live streams of FM radio stations (so called simulcast streams). Online radio presents significant opportunities for FM stations. They can extend their scope and obtain completely new target groups through specialised web offerings. By now, over 120 online channels from FM radio stations exist in Germany.With the publication of Webradio Monitor 2009 the Bavarian regulatory authority for commercial broadcasting / BLM and Berlin strategy consultant Goldmedia present a comprehensive market overview of providers, use, scope, and ad revenue among German online radio stations. The study is based upon extensive primary data research, through surveys of all online radio providers in Germany, conducted from May to June of 2009.Based upon a large, representative sample of German online radio stations, Goldmedia estimated that they had 7.5 million users per day at the end of 2008. Through massive growth of broadband Internet and an increasing number of online radio offerings, the user level will climb to about 21 million by 2013. As this takes place, online radio will win increasing attractiveness for the advertising industry. However, standardised performance data to confirm ad effectiveness and document the market situation is still missing.The current scope of online radio stations varies significantly, demonstrating the growth potential of the online radio market. According to Goldmedia analyses, the streams of the local FM radio stations reach up to 8,000 users daily, and the statewide broadcasters reach up to 125,000, depending on how well known they are. Highly successful online-only streams are accessed up to 500,000 times daily.Based on provider responses, online radio stations are listened to for an average of 73 minutes per day. At 91 minutes, the simulcast streams of FM broadcasters have a distinctly longer use per day than online-only channels, which average 64 minutes. The online radio providers surveyed expect an average daily use of 147 minutes by 2012 and a stronger alignment of usage behaviour for online-only offers and for FM radio streams.(Source: Webradio Monitor/BLM/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Thursday, July 23, 2009

There is a growing solar plage at approximately S16W11. It has the latitude of a solar cycle 23 magnetic disturbance and could begin producing sunspots during the next 48 hour period. If it were to produce sunspots we could be looking at a further extension of already record long solar cycle 23.

Welcome to our weekly guide to Radio Netherlands Worldwide's English Service - a list of the new programmes coming up on Radio Netherlands Worldwide this week, beginning on Saturday.

SATURDAY 25 July*** The State We're In ***

This week on The State We're In, we explore whether there's a right to die with dignity - and if there is, whether it includes euthanasia. We also look at the right to reproduce: who has that right, and those who long to have it.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):1000 Africa and Asia1200 North America1535 Europe2200 Asia, North America, Safm2300 Europe

*** Network Europe Week ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):0300 North America1200 North America1500 Europe

SUNDAY 26 July*** Radio Books (primary programme) ***

'The City Must Know Everything' - by Khalid Boudou

Award-winning author Khalid Boudou was born in Morocco in 1974 and has lived in the Netherlands since he was four years old. In his story 'The City Must Know Everything' a man wanders the centre of town where for years he worked as a social worker. But the job has taken a toll on his psyche.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):0430 North America1030 Africa and Asia1230 North America1700 Europe2230 Asia, North America, Safm

MONDAY 27 July*** Curious Orange (primary programme) ***

This week on Curious Orange it's Pioneers & Patroonships - part 2 in our series celebrating the 400-year relationship between the Netherlands and New York.

This week we meet some of the brave pioneers who made up the farming settlements, or patroonships, in the new Dutch colony. We'll hear about their relationships with the natives and how they began to build the port city of New Amsterdam. We'll also find out why the New Netherland experiment nearly failed.

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe. If you missed any editions of Network Europe satisfy your needs with this digest of the programme's top stories.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):1700 Europe2200 Asia, North America, Safm

*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.

Broadcast time on SW (UTC):1500 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 75301900 West Africa 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

*** Euro Hit 40 ***

Europe's No.1 chart Show.

*** Classic Dox ***

Classic Dox presents the best of Radio Netherlands Worldwide documentaries from our archives on subjects ranging from human rights and development to arts, culture and history - as well as insightful or moving personal stories - many of which have won awards at international festivals.Seamus Heany: Bogging in Again (originally broadcast 04-11-2006)

Seamus Heaney won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995. Since then he's been quoted by presidents, his translation of Beowulf became a best-seller, and he praised rapper Eminem for encouraging interest in poetry among young people. Perro de Jong met the poet at Poetry International 2006.

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):0400 North America, Africa, Asia1200 North America

*** European Jazz Stage/ World Music ***

It's an unlikely story. A musician born in the heartland of classical music, in Vienna - Austria - moves to the USA in 1958 and turns the jazz scene on its head. The name of this Mozart of the jazz world is Joe Zawinul. This week's European Jazz Stage is a tribute to this influential keyboard player who extended the boundaries of jazz beyond belief.All of that, on the European Jazz Stage with Daniel Frankl.

*** Live! at the Concertgebouw ***

Phenomenal performances by Dutch top orchestras.

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2007

Live! at the Concertgebouw explores the minor modes. d minor, is it sombre, devotional or pious? Listen to Symphony no. 6 by Johann Wilhelm Wilms to find out. And there's also c minor, the key of Schubert's Symphony No. 4. That's not all, the concert includes devotional pieces by Felix Mendelssohn and Johann Sebastian Bach, too.The programme is hosted by Hans Haffmans and Cynthia Wilson.

Live! at the Concertgebouw 2008

The more we find out about Beethoven, the more we are forced to see his music in a different light, says director Paavo Järvi. Hear what he means when he is leading the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra through Beethoven's Overture Fidelio and his Piano Concerto No. 5. Also in the programme are works by Bartok and Kodály. Your host, as usual, is Hans Haffmans.

TUESDAY 28 July*** Network Europe ***

A collaboration by Europe's leading broadcasters

A pan-European team links up across the continent every day to provide a fresh perspective on events and life in Europe.Broadcast times on SW (UTC):1440 South and Southeast Asia 9345, South Asia 11835 and 15815, Southeast Asia/India 7530, Tibet 58251900 Southern Africa 6020, East Africa 155352040 West Africa 11610, 11660 and 15335, East Africa 9480

Broadcast times on WRN (UTC):1500 Europe2200 Asia, North America

*** The State We're In - Midweek Edition ***

This week on The State We're In, Midweek Edition, we explore whether there's a right to die with dignity - and if there is, whether it includes euthanasia. We also look at the right to reproduce: who has that right, and those who long to have it.

In this week's Earthbeat we focus on a controversial dam project in Turkey. Citing environmental concerns, an international consortium pulled out of the Ilisu Dam Project earlier this month. The dam, which is set to become one of the world's largest, would flood a massive ecosystem and a historic town. The project is the topic of widespread public opposition in Turkey, with big-name celebrities leading the opposition.

And we look at a recently crowned World Heritage Site in the Netherlands: the Wadden Sea. This enormous tidal region stretching along the Dutch, German and Danish coast host tens of thousands of migratory birds and other wildlife. Environmental groups in the Netherlands are lauding the decision, although the government says it won't affect legislation governing the Wadden Sea. But the fishing community is concerned. They say they've heard that promise before.

4826.45, Radio Sicuani, Sicuani, 2340, Jul 05; 1000-1115. Each day in July, talk with weak but steady signal, no fades. (Wilkner)

4835.43v, Radio Marañon, Jaén, 0954-1030, Jul 07, 10, 16 and 18. Huaynos music and talks in Spanish, 1000 and 1017 canned promos, advertisements and station ID's. Live time check announcement. Signal was poor to good with deep fades. (Bolland)

4857.45, Radio La Hora, Cusco, 2300-2400, Jul 08 and most evenings. Spanish comments between fades of the signal into the noise. (Bolland and Wilkner)

4888.2, Radio Félicy (or Felici ?), 2330-0106, Jul 19. Vernacular evangelical talk with many Peruvian rhythms. With only very little Spanish mentioned Ministry of Praise and Worship Nazareth and Libreria Nazareth. With low microphone modulation I could not understand what the announcer said. On Jul 20 around 1106, I noticed a similar programming, in some references I think I heard the name of Radio Félicy or Felici. I do not know, if it is a reactivation of Radio Macedonia or a new station.(Rodriguez)

4940, Radio San Antonio, Villa Atalaya, 1130. As ID uses part of promo of Sistema Radial Alcaravan Radio, but they include the name "Radio San Antonio....Dos sistemas radiales propagan sus ondas para llevar paz y servicio a la comunidad... San Antonio ...Ondas de Paz...". (Rodriguez)

6195.65, Radio Cusco, Cusco, 2324-2335, Jul 15. So far the frequency is clear of any major stations and I can just hear program events from Cusco. Spanish talk, very weak and not a solid signal. The audio is fading in and out periodically. (Bolland)(DX Window # 381/DSWCI)

6104.74, XEQM, RASA, Mérida, 0230-0257, Jul 14. Music, Spanish shouting announcement, weak-moderate signal but hard to understand. Subsequent monitoring this frequency around the same time, but only on Jul 15 I heard a weak signal with ID “Candela.” Other days the station was not audible. By the way, in 1977 I visited the station which still is located at the same address in Mérida. Now after 32 years, I was able to hear the station in the Netherlands ! (Van Arnhem). Just a weak carrier noted on 6104.75 at 0215-0245, Jul 21, with no audio. (Petersen). Also heard at 0514-0559, Jul 06, 07, 08, 09 and 12, phone-in and songs in Spanish, "Llámenos para conocernos", "Envía la palabra…", telephone number, "A través de la FM", song "Y quién es él" by José Luis Perales, locutor, "OK, OK, número de teléfono...", "Hola, buenas noches, llamen al ...53...., "Candela", "Hola, son ustedes tan buenos, tan gentiles", "Ahorita", signal best in LSB, 14321 variando a SINPO 44322. At *0559 started BBC with French on 6105. (Méndez). Also heard in Florida at 0935-1105, Jul 08 and 10, music and talk in Spanish over barnyard sounds, a series of canned advertisements, the signal fades in and out from good to poor. (Bolland and Wilkner)